Uninstall Office X For Mac

To manually remove Office 2004 for Mac from your computer, locate and move to the Trash all the files in the following list.Note: is used as the name of the local user's Home folder. Microsoft Office X (folder) Hard Drive: Application. In Opera's address bar (a.k.a. Omnibox), enter opera://extensions and then press the Enter (PC) or Return (Mac) key to open Opera's Extensions manager. Click the Disable button for an extension to turn off the extension without removing it, or click its Remove icon (X) to uninstall it.

This document explains how to uninstall Office X from a Macintosh computer.

Remove Office Utility

IMPORTANT : Before you remove Office v. X, you must remove any personal files from the Microsoft Office X folder. Also, you must back up any identities that are stored in the Microsoft User Data folder (in the Documents folder). This includes any files that you created and saved in or placed in the Microsoft Office X folder. This must be done so that your personal files and e-mail messages are not deleted.

The Remove Office Utility can be found on the Office v.X Installation CD in the Value Pack folder.

Removing Office Manually

• Microsoft Office X (folder)

• Carbon Registration Database
• Custom Dictionary
• Entourage Preferences
• Entourage Settings (10)
• Excel Keyboard Shortcuts
• Excel Settings (10)
• Excel Toolbars (10)
• Microsoft Component Preferences
• Microsoft Office Settings (10)
• MS Office ACL [English}
• Office Font Cache (10)
• Office Registration Cache X
• Office X First Run
• PowerPoint Settings (10)
• Proofing Tool Preferences
• Word Font Substitutes
• Word Settings (10)

• Entourage Script Menu Items (folder)
  • About this Menu
  • Create Event from MessagecE
  • Create Note from MessagecN
  • Create Task from MessagecT
  • Insert Text File
  • Save Selection
• Entourage Sound Sets (folder)
  • Microsoft Sound Set
• Entourage Temp (folder)
• Office X Identities (folder)
  • Newsgroup Cache
  • Main Identity (folder)
    • Database
    • Database Cache
    • Mailing Lists
    • Rules
    • Signatures
• Saved Attachments

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Uninstall Office X For Macbook Pro

Remove Office 2016 for Mac applications

From Microsoft support page - https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Troubleshoot-Office-2016-for-Mac-issues -by-completely-uninstalling-before-you-reinstall-ec3aa66e-6a76-451f-9d35-cba2e14 e94c0

Uninstall Office Mac Os

IMPORTANT Follow the steps in this article only if you've tried the usual Office for Mac uninstall process and are still having difficulty reinstalling or starting Office applications.

To completely uninstall Office 2016 for Mac you must remove the applications, supporting files, and keychain entries, plus any icons you've added to the Dock. Once you've removed everything, empty the Trash and restart your Mac to complete the process.

You must be signed in as an administrator or provide an administrator name and password to complete these steps.

There are several things to remove. This article steps you through each one.

Step 1: Remove Office 2016 for Mac applications

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1. Open Finder and click Applications.
2. Command +click to select all of the Office 2016 for Mac applications
3. Ctrl+click or right-click the applications you selected and click Move to Trash.

Step 2: Remove supporting files from the Library and User folders

Step 2: Remove supporting files from the Library and User folders

Remove files from the Library folder, you'll need to first set the Finder View options.

1. Open Finder, click Go > Computer, and then click View >as Columns.
2. Go to Macintosh HD > Library > LaunchDaemons.
3. In the LaunchDaemons folder, ctrl+click or right-click this file if present, and then click Move to Trash.

   com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (if present)

4. Go to Library > PrivilegedHelperTools, ctrl+click or right-click this file if present, and then click Move to Trash.

   com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper (if present)

5. Go to Library > Preferences and ctrl+click or right-click this file if present, and then click Move to Trash.

   com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.plist (if present)

Remove files from your user Library folder

To remove files from your user Library folder, you'll need to first set the Finder View options.

1. In Finder, press +Shift+h.
2. On the Finder menu, click View > as List, and then click View > Show View Options.
3. In the View Options dialog box, select Show Library Folder.
4. Switch back to Column view (+3) and click Library > Containers and ctrl+click or right-click each of these folders if present, and then click Move to Trash.

Complete Uninstall Office Mac

5. Switch back to Column view (+3) and click Library > Group Containers and ctrl+click or right-click each of these folders if present, and then click Move to Trash.

Step 3: Remove Keychain Entries

Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access and remove the following password entries:

2. Search for all occurrences of ADAL in the keychain and remove all those entries if present.

Step 4: Remove Office 2016 for Mac icons from the Dock

If you added Office icons to the Dock they may turn into question marks after you uninstall Office 2016 for Mac. To remove these icons, control+click or right-click the icon and click Options > Remove from Dock.

Step 5: Restart your computer

When you've removed all the files listed in this section, empty the Trash and restart your computer.

If you plan to reinstall properly See Also

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